On 07/11/11 9:30 AM, Drew wrote: > Which is funny because Intel's SASUC8i (rebranded LSI3082E-R) is true > hardware RAID which I recently picked up*new* for $150. They don't do > RAID-5/6 or have a BBU but IMO you don't need a BBU for RAID-0/1/10. you want BBU (or flash-backed cache) if you want write-back cache, and not mandate write-through. This is quite independent of the RAID type. It greatly speeds up 'committed' random writes such as are generated by a transactional database. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast